12-Letter Words
There are 4,083 twelve-letter words on Word.ws, from abbreviation to zwitterionic, each with a short meaning. The most common are relationship, professional, construction, particularly and organization.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
12-letter words by first letter
The 100 most common 12-letter words
- accidentally20adv. In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.
- accomplished24adj. Completed; effected; established.
- acknowledged24adj. Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
- additionally17adv. By way of addition; in addition to; also.
- agricultural15adj. Of or pertaining to agriculture.
- announcement16n. An act of announcing, or giving notice.
- appreciation18n. The act of appreciating.
- architecture19n. The art and science of designing and managing the construction of...
- availability20n. The quality of being available.
- broadcasting18adj. Sending in all directions.
- championship26n. A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series...
- civilization26n. An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale...
- commissioned19adj. Holding a commission; officially appointed.
- commissioner18n. One who commissions something.
- commonwealth24n. The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
- compensation18n. The act or principle of compensating.
- concentrated17adj. Not dilute; having a high concentration.
- confidential18adj. Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons...
- confirmation19n. An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
- consequences25n. An old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a lady and...
- consequently26adv. As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
- conservation17n. The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a...
- conservative20n. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
- considerable17adj. Significant; worth considering.
- considerably20adv. Significantly; to a degree worth considering.
- consistently17adv. In a consistent manner.
- constitution14n. The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something...
- construction16n. The process of constructing.
- consultation14n. The act of consulting.
- contemporary21adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
- continuously17adv. Without pause.
- contribution16n. Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
- conventional17adj. Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted...
- conversation17n. Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other...
- coordination15n. The act of coordinating, making different people or things work...
- deliberately18adv. Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
- developments20n. A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income...
- difficulties21n. A series of frustrations.
- disappointed18adj. Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
- distribution15n. An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
- dramatically20adv. In a dramatic manner.
- embarrassing17n. The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.
- entertaining13adj. Very amusing; that entertains.
- entrepreneur14n. A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and...
- establishing18n. The act by which something is established; establishment.
- experiencing24n. The process of undergoing an experience, or the experience itself.
- experimental23adj. Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
- headquarters25n. The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders...
- historically20adv. In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical...
- humanitarian17adj. Relating to people's welfare.
- illustration12n. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct.
- incorporated17adj. Being a type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been...
- increasingly18adv. Increasing in amount or intensity.
- independence18n. The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the...
- individually20adv. As individuals, separately, independently.
- installation12n. An act of installing.
- instrumental14adj. Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
- intellectual14adj. Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
- intelligence15n. The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths...
- interference17n. The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
- intermediate15adj. Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.
- intervention15n. The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
- introduction15n. The act or process of introducing.
- jurisdiction22n. The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
- manufactured20adj. Manmade; produced by humans rather than nature.
- manufacturer19n. A person or company that manufactures.
- mathematical21adj. Of, or relating to mathematics.
- metropolitan16n. A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
- neighborhood22n. The residential area near one's home.
- nevertheless18adv. In spite of what preceded; yet.
- notification17n. The act of notifying.
- occasionally19adv. On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time...
- organisation13n. Non-Oxford British English and Australian standard spelling of...
- organization22n. The quality of being organized.
- overwhelming24adj. Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
- particularly19adv. Especially, extremely.
- photographer23n. One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
- prescription18n. A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision...
- presentation14n. The act of presenting, or something presented.
- preservation17n. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from...
- presidential15adj. Pertaining to a president or presidency.
- productivity23n. The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.
- professional17n. A person who belongs to a profession.
- recreational14adj. For, or relating to, recreation.
- registration13n. The act of signing up or registering for something.
- relationship17n. A connection or association; the condition of being related.
- representing15n. An act of representation.
- respectively22adv. In a relative manner; often used when comparing array lists, where the...
- satisfaction17n. A fulfilment of a need or desire.
- significance20n. The extent to which something matters; importance.
- specifically24adv. In a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or...
- subscription18n. Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.
- subsequently26adv. Following, afterwards in either time or place.
- successfully22adv. In a successful manner; with success; without failing.
- surprisingly18adv. In a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual.
- surveillance17n. Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under...
- thanksgiving24n. The expression of gratitude.
- transmission14n. The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
- unbelievable19adj. Not to be believed.
- unemployment21n. The state of having no job; joblessness.
Source and license
Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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